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— English words —

• burr n. A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
• burr n. A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
• burr n. A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
• burr n. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet…
• burr n. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
• burr n. The ear lobe.
• burr n. A burr knot or burl.
• burr n. The knot at the bottom of an antler.
• burr n. (Engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.
• burr n. A rough humming sound.
• burr n. A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
• burr v. (Transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".
• burr v. (Intransitive) To make a rough humming sound.
• burr n. (Historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
• burr n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of burl.
• Burr prop.n. A surname.
• Burr prop.n. A number of places in the United States…
• Burr prop.n. A community in Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, central Saskatchewan, Canada.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Albanian
  • burr n. (Gheg) husband.
  • burr n. (Gheg) man.
• Old norse
  • burr n. Son.
  • burr n. Poet.
• Plautdietsch
  • Burr n. Thick, heavy felt.
• Yatzachi zapotec
  • burr n. Donkey.
  • burr n. Donkey-load.

— English words, defined in French —

• burr n. Objet pointu, écharde, éclat.
• burr n. (Mécanique, Métallurgie) Barbe.
• burr n. (Botanique) Bardane.
• burr n. (Geordie) Nom de la prononciation spéciale du « r » en Northumbrie.

124 English words from 25 English definitions

abrasive accent after Alternative antler A␣number␣of A␣sharp at␣the␣bottom␣of below bottom Britain broad bur burl burr burr␣knot by␣extension Canada central characterized clothing community cone cutting disk Donkey ear ear␣lobe edge end end␣of Engineering extension features felt flat formed from fur Gheg grind grinder grip hand hard heavy Historical humming husband Intransitive iron iron␣ring just knot lance left left␣on load lobe make man material metal mill Municipality number object of␣a of␣an on␣the operation piece places pod Poet pointy prevent products pronounce punching put put␣on rest rest␣on revolving ring rivet rough Rural Saskatchewan seed seed␣pod sharp sheet slipping sliver small Son sound spear spelling splinter States stick such such␣as surfaces surname that the Thick thin this tilting top Transitive United United␣States used used␣to uvular washer with Wolverine

4 English words from 4 foreign definitions

éclat Geordie Nom Objet

11 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Barbe Bardane Botanique de␣la écharde Mécanique Métallurgie Northumbrie pointu prononciation spéciale

125 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

burra burro burrs burry Burry burred burrel Burrel Burris burros burrow Burrow Burrage burrata bur-reed Burrell burrels burrhel burrier Burrier burriko Burrill burring burrish burrita burrito Burritt burr␣oak Burr␣Oak burrock Burrola burrows Burrows Burruel Burruss Burra␣Din burratas Burravoe burr␣cell bur-reeds Burrells burrfish burrhead burrhels burrhole burr␣hole Burridge Burriers burriest burritos +75 words

53 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

deburrs goburra saburra deburred deburrer goburras Mudburra reburrow saburral Tamburro unburrow deburrers deburring reburrows sandburrs Tamburros unburrows jackaburra kookaburra lawburrows reburrowed Roseburrow unburrowed cockleburrs cuckleburrs jackaburras Khabur␣River kookaburras paleoburrow reburrowing Roseburrows saburration stickaburrs unburrowing human␣burrito neato␣burrito nonburrowing palaeoburrow paleoburrows saburrations deburring␣tool palaeoburrows semiburrowing deburring␣tools breakfast␣burrito terminal␣burrowing laughing␣kookaburra spangled␣kookaburra laughing␣kookaburras spangled␣kookaburras blue-winged␣kookaburra blue-winged␣kookaburras buffaloburr␣nightshade

8 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

deburr sandburr cockleburr cuckleburr stickaburr buffaloburr buffalo-burr buffalo␣burr

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

bur Bur bur-

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

rub RUB

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

blurr Bruer burra burro burrs burry Burry rerub Robur rubor

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

brr bru Bru bur Bur bur- rub RUB

46 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

barr Barr birr Birr brrr buer Buhr Bura burb 'burb burd Burd bure Bure burg Burg -burg burh Buri burk Burk burl Burl burn Burn buro burp burs Burs Burt Buru bury Bury -bury curr Curr Durr furr Furr Gurr hurr lurr murr Murr nurr purr

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

brr bur Bur bur-

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

blurr

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